nginx SSL redirect not working - express

Question

I have nginx configured to forward traffic to an express server and want to force SSL by redirecting traffic directed at http:// to https://. I've done extensive googling on the subject however can not get this to work. HTTPS is working fine but so is HTTP - the redirect does not appear to be having any effect.
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name my.domain www.my.domain;
return 301 https://my.domain$request_uri;
}
server {
listen 443 ssl default_server;
listen [::]:443 ssl;
server_name my.domain www.my.domain;
ssl_certificate /home/user/my_domain.crt;
ssl_certificate_key /home/user/my_domain.key;
ssl on;
ssl_session_cache builtin:1000 shared:SSL:10m;
ssl_protocols TLSv1 TLSv1.1 TLSv1.2;
ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!CAMELLIA:!DES:!MD5:!PSK:!RC4;
ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
access_log /var/log/nginx/mydomain.access.log;
location / {
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
proxy_pass https://localhost:3000;
proxy_read_timeout 90;
proxy_redirect https://localhost:3000 https://my.domain;
}
}

Answer 1

i have also the same problem so I apply these to server to accept only one request which will decide for both http and https
server {
listen 80 ;
listen [::]:80 ;
listen 443 ssl http2 ;
listen [::]:443 ssl http2 ;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
#------ ssl certificates and other config --------
set $https_redirect 0;
#if request came from port 80/http
if ($server_port = 80) {
set $https_redirect 1;
}
# or if the requested host came with www
if ($host ~ '^www\.') {
set $https_redirect 1;
}
#then it will redirects
if ($https_redirect = 1) {
return 301 https://example.com$request_uri;
}
}
by using this I have only server block to hanlde any request